Louis Contesse, New Ancestor for HSSC

LouisContesse, New Ancestor for HSSCAt its last meeting, the Board of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina approved Louis Contesse as a Huguenot ancestor.  This approval was based upon the following information about Louis Contesse. Louis Contesse  was born  in   Roussy, France (possibly)    and took refuge in   England by 1688 and then in James County, VA  in, or about, the year  1700 .Proof that _Louis Contesse  was Huguenot:  Quarto 22: 14 (reconnaissance); Brock – Huguenot Emigration to Virginia  xiii                 References1688, 24 May   Louis Contesse, aged 14 years made his reconnaissance with his mother Judith Contesse      Quarto 22: 141696, 12 July    Mr. Louis Contesse, Godfather to Margueritte Mansselin.  Quarto 29: 581699, 6 Aug        Louis Contesse, Godfather to Louis Raby.      Quarto 29: 71Dr. Louis Contesse lived in Williamsburg, VA where he patented two tracts of land in 1725.  His only daughter Anne married John Tyler and their son John, born 28 Feb 1747, was the father of President John Tyler.   Brock xiii-xivThere are references to the name Contesse in the records of the French Church of New York.  It is possible that Jean Contesse of Rouen in Champagne, who was in London in 1699 with his wife Judith and three children was related, as might have been Jean Moyse Contesse of New York in 1705 and of New Rochelle, NY in 1709.   Brock xivDr. Louis Contesse was a Virginia Huguenot Outside Manakin with his wife Mary Morris.  The Huguenot #25: 166More research is being done to try to determine where Contesse was between 1699 and his appearance in Virginia and where he studied.